TOMMOROW'S SUCCESSFUL HEALTHCARE ORGANISATIONS will clearly have one capability in common: the ability to manage and move electronic patient information and images efficiently throughout their enterprises. Those who are able to do so may realise significant competitive advantages, based on increasedproductivity, improved patient care, enhanced serviceto the medical community and substantial cost savings. Only one question remains: where should you start?

Philosophy to take you to the next level

GE's success in integrated information and imagemanagement can be attributed, in part to thephilosophies that have shaped out approach tohealthcare's future.

Workflow that works

We believe the ultimate goal must be fast, enterprise-wide information access. We'll help you meet it, byseamlessly integrating your information, imagingand PACS systems.

Connecting you to the future

To ensure you a truly seamles inegration, we'recommittted to the use of industry standards andopen architecture - DICOM, HL7, TCP/IPnetworks and enterprise calss servers.

Ensuring peak performance

Our objective is to provide you unsurpassedon-demand performance. The solution:exclusivesystem design and architecture that gives access toany date, anywhere, any time.

Uptime-enhancing reliability

Never has reliabilty been so crucial. And throughGE's exclusive InSitetm, we assure proactivesupport of mission-critical systems- including removemetwork monitoring and a 99% uptime guarantee on database functionality.

Scaleable upgradeability

With an architecture designed for scaleability andupgradeability, we bring you just the right solution.Whether it is modality Mini-PACS implementation oran enterprise-wide solution, we will deliver it todayand then help you build on it as requirementsevolve. (pages 6-7: more on destination Digital)

GEMnet ROBOTIC ARCHIVE (CONTD.)

Is there any type of obsolescence in this type of network and archive?

I don't think there is any obsolescence in the fundamental principles involved.

The concept of having a networked system of cathlabswith an efficient archiving system can never becomeobsolete. However, the actual equipment might improve, which means hardware could become obsolete. There couldbe better hardware in the future.

Is the cost of maintaining the computers much lower thanthat of the processors and developers?

The actual daily maintenance for the review stations andthe deep archival is minimal a film processor requires dailymaintenance: cleaning, replenishing chemical etc.

What is your assessment of GE's quality and serivces?

The quality of the equipment and serivce has been verygood. There is no question about that.